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CTI to launch financing service
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CTI Molecular Imaging of Knoxville, TN, is launching a financing program for CTI customers with De Lage Landen Financial Services, the North American subsidiary of De Lage Landen International of the Netherlands.
September 1, 2003
Group favors 3-D primary read in major virtual colonoscopy trial
By Eric Barnes
Radiologists from U.S. military hospitals reported in this month's American Journal of Roentgenology that colorectal lesions are easier to detect with the aid of 3-D primary interpretation of CT virtual colonoscopy data compared with 2-D, especially when electronic bowel cleansing and stool-tagging techniques are also employed.
September 1, 2003
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FDG-PET deemed most accurate for catching Hodgkin’s relapse
By Shalmali Pal
A negative or positive 18F-FDG-PET scan can predict Hodgkin’s disease relapse during the post-treatment period, according to Canadian investigators, writing in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
August 31, 2003
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E-Z-EM, SourceOne to study barium cost reduction
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging equipment distributor SourceOne Healthcare Technologies is teaming up with E-Z-EM to conduct a joint study aimed at cutting the distribution costs of E-Z-EM’s barium sulfate contrast systems.
August 27, 2003
Pairing of CT and PET scans may aid early lung cancer detection
The combined use of low-dose spiral CT and FDG-PET scanning may provide reliable detection of early lung cancer, according to Italian researchers from the National Cancer Institute and the European Institute of Oncology in Milan.
August 21, 2003
High pitch, thin sections can optimize MDCT protocols
By Eric Barnes
Multislice CT simplifies the classic tradeoffs between resolution, anatomic coverage, and scan duration, according to leading CT author Dr. Mathias Prokop from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. But radiologists need to look further to unleash the true capabilities of multislice technology, he said.
August 21, 2003
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Voxar adds HealthTest
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Three-dimensional-software provider Voxar has added to its client list.
August 20, 2003
Toshiba launches 16-slice cardiac CT scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Toshiba America Medical Systems is introducing Aquilion 16 CFX, a new version of its Aquilion 16-slice CT scanner.
August 18, 2003
CT Radiology Insider Newsletter
By Eric Barnes
Dr. Mathias Prokop discussed the clinical, technical, and workflow issues involved in multidetector imaging at Stanford's recent International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in San Francisco.
August 17, 2003
For hypovascular liver tumors, late-phase CT is the way to go
(Radiology Review) Radiologists from University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor have shown that using multidetector CT and fixed timing delays, maximal enhancement of vessels, and hepatic parenchyma was achieved on either late arterial phase or portal venous phase imaging.
August 17, 2003
HealthTest launches second center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Preventive imaging services provider HealthTest Scan Center has opened its second center.
August 13, 2003
Guidelines sought for self-referred imaging amid ethical concerns
By Tracie L. Thompson
In their first paper on self-referred imaging, biomedical ethicists from Stanford University explore the burgeoning world of whole-body CT and other screening exams, recommending the adoption of guidelines for such services. But their current concerns are tame compared to what they envision for the future.
August 13, 2003
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